Walk · Devon

Exeter Quay to Double Locks

Exeter

3MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

15mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 10%Lane & track 85%Road with traffic 5%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Exeter Quay, by the Custom House on the canal basin side

Parking

Paid parking on Haven Road and at the Quay, busy at weekends; the Quay is a ten-minute walk from Exeter Central station

Directions to the start →

Three miles there and back along the towpath of the oldest ship canal in the country, an hour and a quarter of completely level walking on a wide surfaced path from the warehouses on Exeter Quay to the lock keeper's house at Double Locks. Start at the Quay itself, ten minutes downhill from the High Street with paid parking on Haven Road and a free bike and boat ferry crossing the basin in season; the towpath is traffic free the whole way and shared with cyclists. It is the reliable all-weather city walk for a dog, flat and firm with grass verges to sniff and the canal to drink from, but the water is deep and steep-sided with few easy exits, the towpath is busy with bikes at commuting times, and there is no livestock or stile anywhere on it.

House rules, decoded

Water bowls

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.7185, -3.5325

SOURCE · HTTPS://EXETER.GOV.UK/LEISURE-AND-CULTURE/WALKING-IN-EXETER/OTHER-SELF-GUIDED-WALKS/EXETER-SHIP-CANAL/

Exeter Quay to Double Locks

House rules, decoded

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